Edward D. Wood Jr.
Biography
Edward Davis Wood, Jr. (October 10, 1924 – December 10, 1978), better known as Ed Wood, was an American screenwriter, director, producer, actor, author, and editor, who often performed many of these functions simultaneously. In the 1950s, Wood made a number of cheap genre films, now enjoyed for their technical errors, unsophisticated special effects, large amounts of ill-fitting stock footage, idiosyncratic dialogue, eccentric casts and outlandish plot elements, although his flair for showmanship gave his projects at least a modicum of critical success. Wood's popularity waned soon after his biggest "name" star, Béla Lugosi, died. He was able to salvage a saleable feature from Lugosi's last moments on film, but his career declined thereafter. Toward the end of his life, Wood made pornographic movies and wrote pulp crime, horror, and sex novels. His infamy began two years after his death, when he was awarded a Golden Turkey Award as Worst Director of All Time.[1] The lack of filmmaking ability in his work has earned Wood and his films a considerable cult following. Following the publication of Rudolph Grey's biography Nightmare of Ecstasy: The Life and Art of Edward D. Wood, Jr. (1992), Wood's life and work have undergone a public rehabilitation of sorts, with new light shed on his evident zeal and honest love of movies and movie production. Tim Burton's biopic of the director's life, Ed Wood, earned two Academy Awards. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ed Wood, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Movies (50)
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Original Film Writer (Writing)
2025
Phantasmatapes
Original Story (Writing)
2025
The Nightgown
In Memory Of (Crew)
2023
Howl of the Werewolf
Original Story (Writing)
2022
Astronaut's Uniform
Thanks (Crew)
2021
Plan 9
Original Story (Writing)
2015
After School Massacre
In Memory Of (Crew)
2014
Dad Made Dirty Movies
as Self (archive footage)
2011
Vixen Highway 2006: It Came from Uranus!
Thanks (Crew)
2010
Devil Girls
Writer (Writing)
1999
I Woke Up Early the Day I Died
Screenplay (Writing)
1998
Hollywood Rated 'R'
as Self (archive footage)
1997
Crossroads of Laredo
as Young Cowboy
1996
The Haunted World of Edward D. Wood, Jr.
as Himself (archive footage)
1996
God Save the Queens
1995
Take It Out in Trade: The Outtakes
Director (Directing)
1995
Hellborn
as Himself (Archive Footage)
1993
Homo Promo
as (Archival)
1993
On the Trail of Ed Wood
as Self (archive footage)
1990
Hot Ice
Screenplay (Writing)
1978
Meatcleaver Massacre
Director (Directing)
1977
The Beach Bunnies
Writer (Writing)
1976
The Two Faces of Kim
Director (Directing)
1975
Five Loose Women
as Robbery Witness #2 / Sheriff / Pop
1974
The Cocktail Hostesses
Screenplay (Writing)
1973
The Snow Bunnies
Screenplay (Writing)
1972
Class Reunion
Screenplay (Writing)
1972
Drop Out Wife
Screenplay (Writing)
1972
The Young Marrieds
Director (Directing)
1972
Panty Girls
Director (Directing)
1972
Necromania: A Tale of Weird Love!
1971
Nympho Cycler
as Francis Edwards (as TV Edwards)
1971
The Undergraduate
Writer (Writing)
1971
Lovemaking U.S.A.
as Photographer
1971
The Only House in Town
Producer (Production)
1971
Take It Out in Trade
as Alecia
1970
Mrs. Stone's Thing
as Transvestite (as Ed Woods)
1970
Excited
Writer (Writing)
1970
One Million AC/DC
Writer (Writing)
1969
Love Feast
as Mr. Murphy (uncredited)
1969
Operation Redlight
1969
For Love and Money
Writer (Writing)
1967
The Revenge of Dr. X
Writer (Writing)
1967
Orgy of the Dead
Screenplay (Writing)
1965
Shotgun Wedding
Screenplay (Writing)
1963
Married Too Young
Writer (Writing)
1962
Anatomy of a Psycho
Story (Writing)
1961
The Sinister Urge
as Man in Fight
1960
Trick Shooting with Kenne Duncan
Director (Directing)
1960
Revenge of the Virgins
Story (Writing)
1959